This session will provide a platform for innovators in the producers of optical fiber, cable, and associated materials to outline where R&D is being focused. It will show how cables are becoming smaller, denser and tougher while becoming faster and easier to deploy.

A session that explores how the core economics of the optical fibre manufacturing process are evolving and how the principals of Industry 4.0 andsustainable manufacturingare being applied in the optical fiber supply chain?